[okie01]

My grandfathers and their fathers made The Run into the Cherokee Strip in 1893.

My aunts and uncles told of growing up, first in a dugout, then in a soddy.

My grandchildren, of course, simply can't imagine such a thing.

How far we've come, how much we've lost, yet how much we've gained over the course of a few generations.

[Paladin2]

I coulda' been a dugout, with a skip over the Soddy direct to the current stickbuilt.

1874.